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Joel Anthony will re-sign with the Pistons on a two-year deal worth $5 million.

He only played 8.3 minutes per game in 49 outings and was basically only in the game when the Pistons had injuries or during garbage time. Anthony has no fantasy value. The second year of this deal is not guaranteed. Jul 8 - 4:23 PM

This is Anthony's first blurb in three months, an indication of his fantasy value. "Obviously we can't negotiate with him yet, we can't talk money," Van Gundy said. "I talked to him (Friday). Again, we've told him consistently we would like to have him back." Jun 29 - 9:25 AM

Joel Anthony swatted three shots and grabbed five rebounds in just nine minutes off Detroit's bench on Sunday.

The Pistons' veteran center has a ridiculous block percentage of 9.1 percent this season and he's useful as a streamer for blocks, with a handful of rebounds as an added bonus. Anthony's minutes have increased slightly since Greg Monroe (knee) went down, and it's still a tiny sample size, but for perspective consider that league-leader Rudy Gobert has a block percentage of 7.2 percent. Mar 29 - 8:50 PM

Joel Anthony (groin) will not play on Tuesday vs. the Lakers.

He reportedly felt better during the Pistons' shootaround but coach Stan Van Gundy opted to keep him on the inactive list. Anthony has no fantasy appeal even when he's 100 percent healthy. Mar 10 - 10:43 PM

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Brandon Jennings (Achilles) is progressing in his rehab, but still isn't running and may miss the start of the regular season, according to Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy.

While Jennings is aiming to be ready for the start of the regular season, Van Gundy doesn't seem to think that's a sure thing. "Obviously still not at the point of running or anything," Van Gundy said. "Can start to do a little bit more activity all the time. We're hopeful. We've still got about 14 weeks before the season opens. We've got a long time. We're hoping that he will be back and ready to play but it may not be at the beginning of the year." We'll keep an eye on Jennings' progress, but he's not much more than a late-round flier in standard fantasy league drafts at this point.